The meal with Yao Ming can't change Ye Feng's "treatment" in the official game, this is normal, for Americans, personal relationships are completely separated from work, and the other party will not let go because he has a good relationship with the stars in the team. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info So when Ye Feng saw the starting list of the Rockets, he was confused, Battier was of course a good thing that he was out of the game due to injury, if the old man Adelman hadn't sent Artest, who had changed his name to Ci Shiping. However, he did not complain that Yao Ming did not tell himself in advance, because both Battier and Ci Shiping are the top defensive warriors in the league, but there is a difference in defensive style.

In comparison, Ye Feng was more reluctant to meet Ci Shiping, and there was a reason for that. Battier is a high-quality role player from Duke University, with clean defensive moves and a gentle temper, as evidenced by his nickname "The President." But Ci Shiping is a different style of defensive player, he is iron-blooded, tough, hot-tempered, and has countless small actions when defending, and even has a history of violence on the court. Anyone with even a modicum of knowledge of the NBA has heard of the 2004 Auburn Hills Palace incident, when Ci Shiping, who was still playing for the Pacers, was suspended for 73 games and suspended from paying his entire salary for the season.

Ye Feng had to admire the management of the Rockets for being able to recruit these two defensive giants with completely opposite styles into the same team, which is not something that any coach can control. Of course, in addition to Ci Shiping, there is another person in the Rockets who may also cause him a lot of trouble, and that is another top swing guard in the league, Maddy, who can be compared to Kobe Bryant in terms of talent. Although Maddie's position in this game is a shooting guard, because of his height, Roy may switch defenses when defending and let Ye Feng defend Maddie, which is a big test for Ye Feng's defensive ability.

In contrast, Ye Feng is not worried about his defensive tasks, judging from Maddie's playing style, he does not have the murderous spirit and desire to fight like Kobe, and it must be much easier to defend than to defend Kobe. But at the thought that Ci Shiping was likely to be staring at him, Ye Feng felt very uncomfortable, perhaps the most important task in this game was to prevent injury? If you get injured at the beginning of the season, it's really too bad for a rookie, not to mention that you are a big step behind others in terms of growth speed, which is not good for your future career.

However, it turned out that Ye Feng thought too much about himself. As the league's famous head coach who doesn't like to use rookies, Adelman is also quite contemptuous of rookie players, and maybe only a super rookie of James's level can make him some interested. So Ye Feng was very pleased to see Ci Shiping facing Roy, and standing in front of him was Maddie, who looked eternally sleepy-eyed. Although he was relieved because of the reduction of pressure, Ye Feng was faintly unhappy in his heart, it was obvious that Adelman did not think that he had the ability to threaten the defense of the Rockets, so he would let Ci Shiping, who had the strongest defensive ability, go to Roy, and let Maddie, who had excellent physical conditions but was not so active, defend Ye Feng. Of course, from a manager's point of view, there is nothing wrong with that, Roy is undoubtedly the most dangerous player on the Trail Blazers, and it is indeed the manager's idea to limit such a dangerous person with the strongest defensive player at his disposal.

But his only mistake was ...... Underestimate Ye Feng! After all, Ci Shiping is a powerful fighter who has been in the league for many years, and he has a lot of experience in defense, but Maddie's defense is far from the same. Yes, he can rely on his height and bounce to make up for his lack of defense, but his mentality can be described as lazy, and many times he just defends with his eyes. And in recent seasons, it is an indisputable fact that Maddie's strength has been declining, and in the face of the vigorous Ye Feng, it is difficult for him to contribute to the team on the defensive end, and it can even be said that it is a potential hidden danger for the team's defense.

McMillan obviously also saw that Maddie was powerless, so he immediately made a decision and asked the players to hand over the ball to Ye Feng. In the face of the head coach's instructions, Roy seemed a little reluctant, but now he can't get rid of Ci Shiping's defense, the latter's tough actions made him miss all the first four shots, and at this time it is better to let Ye Feng act as an offensive arrow. Sure enough, McMillan's change of tactics instantly revitalized the Trail Blazers' offense, Maddy's defense did cause some trouble to Ye Feng, but he is also the top swingman in the league, Ye Feng did not feel the pressure similar to Kobe Bryant from him at all, on the contrary, he was very relaxed and happy.

That's why many people regret that Maddie, as a player whose talent is not inferior to Kobe, did not get any decent honors. Maddie does not have the paranoid desire to win like Kobe, although he also has a masterpiece of 35.13 seconds, but this only occupies a small part of his entire long career, more often than not, he does not have the domineering and sense of responsibility of a leader, and he has not learned to grit his teeth and fight hard. Under Maddie's almost sleepwalking defense, Ye Feng is like a fish in water, using jump shots or cut-ins after blocking and dismantling to score consecutive points, and occasionally provide assists for teammates.

For a while, the Trail Blazers completely suppressed the Rockets on the field. Adelman had no choice but to let Maddie and Ci Shiping switch defenses. However, before McMillan gave the order, Ye Feng gave the ball to Roy very wittily, that is to say, whoever Maddie defended would hold the ball alone. Adelman saw the Trail Blazers' intentions, and after pondering to no avail, he waved his hand and signaled the team to attack with all their might, trying to play against the Trail Blazers. At this time, the advantage of the Rockets is reflected, they have Maddy on the outside and Yao Ming on the inside, at least in terms of offense, they are the top stars in the position. Now Oden has become the most difficult person in the team, Ye Feng can still fight against Maddie on the defensive end, he was completely blown up by Yao Ming.

Any center is probably unwilling to encounter a low-post killer like Yao Ming, with height, weight, interior footwork and a stable jump shot, Yao Ming is almost inexplicable on the offensive end. Oden had to use a double-edged sword around the front defense, although this defense is very aggressive, but there is a big drawback, once the opponent receives the ball, after turning around, you will see that there is no one under the basket, and it is too late to defend closely. But fortunately, Oden himself is also a 2.13-meter, 113-kilogram big man, and his front wrapping actually received a miraculous effect, directly destroying Alstom's pass to Yao Ming in two consecutive rounds.

But the Rockets were not flustered, they were familiar with this situation for a long time, and the focus of the offense was directly shifted to the outside, to be precise, to Maddie. At this time, Maddie gave full play to the level of the league's top swingman, and Ye Feng had to praise that this guy could score 62 points in a single game for no reason. Although he is 29 years old this year, this is still the last golden period of a swingman's career, whether it is a swift first step or a pull-up jump shot that makes people vaguely see the figure of the magic scoring champion back then.

Ye Feng was not afraid, and when Roy was still entangled by Ci Shiping, he and Ade supported the team's offense, because only the two of them were facing players who were strong in attack and weak in defense. As for the No. 1 position, Alston is indeed not a good defensive player, but he is quite agile and accurate in the timing of his shots, while Blake is not the team's main point of attack, and the two will be in a strange balance for a while.

However, such a confrontation soon ceased, and when McMillan brought on a pure substitute, Adelman surprisingly continued to play hard, only replacing Yao Ming and Scola with Hayes and Landry. As a result, the Trail Blazers' bench lineup was quickly crumbled, and the team's bench backcourt was completely unstoppable from Maddy's offense, and the Rockets quickly erased the already small point difference and quickly led by double digits.

McMillan was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to change his starters early. Whether it's Roy or Ye Feng or Oden, everyone consumes a lot of physical strength in the process of fighting against the Rockets players, and the only one who may not be affected is Ade, which is still the blessing of the Rockets' starting power forward Scola is also a technical flow. As a last resort, McMillan had no choice but to let Ade take the lead, and the team began to switch to a slow positional attack. Adelman didn't respond, he didn't believe that Ade could save the situation with a mid-range jumper, not to mention that the Rockets' backup power forward Landry himself was a physical powerman boy, and under his physical defense, Ade's jump shot also lost his usual crosshairs.

The fans at the scene began to clamor, and in their opinion, if the main lineup is on the opposite side, their side should also send the starters to be tough with the opponent, instead of relying only on Ade's ineffective mid-range jumper. McMillan sighed and turned his head to look at Roy and Ye Feng, who were still gulping sports drinks. Ye Feng quickly understood what the coach meant, and he said loudly: "Coach, I've rested, please let me play, I don't want to watch this pit dig bigger and bigger on the bench." Roy, who was sitting next to him, nodded repeatedly.

McMillan's expression was quite serious, and he asked in a deep voice: "If you play now, will you still have enough energy in the second half?" Ye Feng smiled slightly: "You have to solve the matter in front of you first, right?" If you're playing now, no amount of physical strength will help in the second half, right? ”